Lottery Scam Reaches N.D. Sen. ConradNews StoryThe letter looked official, but Sen. Kent Conrad thought the offer was fishy: wire $700 to Germany, then $715,810 in Spanish lottery winnings was his.The North Dakota Democrat even had an agent willing to talk him through -- or into -- the deal. I'm going to go right home and tell my wife, Conrad told the man who claimed to be an international lottery official. This is going to make a very merry Christmas in the Conrad household. Conrad was one of the latest targets of a mail scam that has r ...Dec 18, 2003, 3:55 am - Lottery News forum

Elderly woman loses $20,000 in lottery swindleNews StoryPolice have issued a fraud alert after an 87-year-old Oakville woman was cheated out of more than $20,000.Halton police say the woman, who lives alone, had taken out bank drafts and couriered money to a Quebec address believing she had won $5 million in a lottery.Had police not become involved, they say the woman would have sent at least $50,000. It's an extremely sad situation because it appears this woman has sent money to this address at least four times, Halton Sergeant Val Hay said. Even ...Dec 12, 2003, 5:32 am - Lottery News forum

Alaska closer to getting lotteryNews StoryAlaskans could be betting on a new state lottery soon after the upcoming legislative session ends next spring. On Monday, several members of the state house and senate spoke to business leaders about the upcoming session, and gambling, at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce luncheon.Several lawmakers are betting that if new forms of gambling are created, the additional revenue will help bridge the state's fiscal gap. However, many lawmakers including Governor Frank Murkowski are opposed to expandi ...Dec 9, 2003, 4:56 am - Lottery News forum

Win the El Gordo jackpot with no ticket?" Fat chanceNews StoryOver the past 10 years there have been countless scams dealing with winning tickets for foreign lotteries. Most of the early scams involved someone telling you that you were the winner of a Canadian or Australian lottery jackpot, and that to get the money all you had to do was send in a modest transfer fee, or pay the taxes due on the win.Most people knew that they had never bought a ticket for these games and could not possibly have won anything.But others still sent the money. I guess greed ca ...Dec 1, 2003, 5:39 am - Lottery News forum

$24,000 stolen in lottery schemeNews StoryAuthorities are looking for a man and woman who duped a Lake Worth-area, Florida businessman into withdrawing $24,000 from his bank in a scheme involving a winning lottery ticket.Sheriff's detectives said the woman approached Claro Hernandez on Sept. 15, claiming she was an illegal immigrant. She asked if he knew of an office in West Palm Beach that offered immigration services. Hernandez, 62, a restaurateur, said he did not. But as the two spoke, a man walked up and joined the conversation, Det ...Nov 26, 2003, 4:19 am - Lottery News forum

Tennessee man lottery scam victimNews StoryNot many people would send almost $2,000 to a person who called them on the phone out of the blue one day and said they were a winner in a lottery that they had never even entered, but one Tullahoma man says he did.Afterward, when it appeared he'd been the victim of a scam, he filed a complaint with police.The 63-year-old man told Public Services Officer Sherry Beck that a woman who identified herself as being with the U.S. Treasury Customs Department called his home Tuesday and said he had won ...Nov 24, 2003, 4:49 am - Lottery News forum

House GOP pushes for gamblingNews StoryRepublican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling. This latest poll shows that Alaskans have basically changed their attitude, said House Speaker Pete Kott, a Republican from Eagle River.But less than half the people surveyed by the recent poll supported video gambling initially. It was only after the pollster read them pro-gambling information that support fo ...Nov 13, 2003, 5:20 am - Lottery News forum

Campaigning for an Oklahoma lottery to begin soonNews StoryA referendum on an Oklahoma lottery plan is still a year away.But Governor Henry says he's planning on campaigning for the lottery proposal.Approval of the education lottery was one of Henry's biggest fights in Legislature this year. The lottery plan was the cornerstone of his gubernatorial campaign a year ago.The issue is heading for the ballot box next November. And Henry says he expects an extremely difficult battle to pass it.Henry says he remains committed to leading the fight to pass t ...Nov 11, 2003, 4:44 am - Lottery News forum

Elderly man loses $8,000 to con menNews StorySan Jose police Thursday released composite sketches of two men sought in a recent lottery scam in which an elderly man lost $8,000 cash while trying to help a man he believed held a winning ticket.A pair of men approached the 81-year-old victim Wednesday while he was walking out of a Kmart at McKee Road and Jackson Avenue and separately asked him for directions. One man wanted to know where an attorney's office was located. He then explained that he held a winning lottery ticket but feared rede ...Nov 7, 2003, 4:40 am - Lottery News forum

S.C. makes bid to help Tenn. lotteryNews StoryThe South Carolina lottery, much like its neighbor in Georgia, has pitched the idea of helping out with the Tennessee lottery startup.Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) President Rebecca Paul was lured away from the successful Georgia Lottery Corporation in early September. The week before, the upstart lottery board here voted against the notion of a partnership with Paul and Georgia.South Carolina lottery officials were openly critical of the potential Georgia-Tennessee partnership ...Nov 5, 2003, 5:31 am - Lottery News forum